Numerical analysis for cooling effect of open boundary ripped-rock embankment on Qinghai-Tibetan railway

Science in China, Series D: Earth Sciences

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 764-772

  Lai, Yuanming ^a   Zhang, Mingyi ^a   Liu, Zhiqiang ^a   Yu, Wenbing ^a  

^a Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Cooling effect; Open boundary; Qinghai Tibetan railway; Ripped rock embankment

Indexed keywords

COOLING; FORCED CONVECTION; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RAILROADS; ROCKS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

COOLING EFFECT; OPEN BOUNDARY; RIPPED-ROCK EMBANKMENT;

EMBANKMENTS;

COOLING; EMBANKMENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERMAFROST; POROUS MEDIUM; RAILWAY CONSTRUCTION; THERMAL CONVECTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; QINGHAI; XIZANG;

EID: 33750593183     PISSN: 10069313     EISSN: 18622801     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11430-006-0764-z     Document Type: Article

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